peashooter
1
8.6
- noun
- /ˈpiːˌʃuːtər/
- Offensive
- He felt like a peashooter in a room full of tanks.
Examples
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The new software was a peashooter compared to the advanced programs used by competitors.
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The team's defense was a peashooter against their powerful rivals.
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Calling him a peashooter in the debate was an obvious insult to his influence.
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Their arguments were mere peashooters against the overwhelming evidence presented.
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His arguments against climate change were like a peashooter compared to the strong scientific evidence supporting it.
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In the debate, her remarks felt like a peashooter when balanced against the powerful rhetoric of her opponent.
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Using a single banner to promote the event was a peashooter effort in a city that thrives on grand displays.
Synonyms
15
5.8
A person or thing of little importance
7
6.9
People or groups seen as unimportant compared to others
5
9.9
A person others think is petty and unimportant
1
8.4
Someone or something people see as weak and not important
1
6.5
A person who feels small and powerless against those in power
How Powerful
58
4.5
156
3.5
83
3.7
- Offensive
1
8.6
- Offensive
3
8.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Peashooter is also used to call a person or thing weak or unimportant by comparing them to the tiny toy that fires a pea. So if someone or something is called a peashooter, it means they are small or not very powerful.